There have been requests for basic information of recommended heating ranges for the various steels that bladesmiths typically use, many feel this would be useful information to have available. Unfortunately even I get typing fatigue but I have pages at my website that has working information on most of the steels we are familiar with. I am not comfortable blatantly linking to my website, but I got permission to do so in this case in order to save time and space in offering access to this information.

At http://www.cashenblades.com/heattreatment.html you will find a description of the various heat treating processes, but at the bottom of the page you will see a columnar list of common steels, clicking on those steels will give a page with all the compiled information on the various operations and temperatures along with charts and other information. I hope this is helpful to anybody who can use it.